On Friday afternoon, September 12, 2025, 28-year-old Nandini was shot and killed outside Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. Her estranged husband, local contractor Arvind Parihar, allegedly intercepted an auto-rickshaw in which Nandini and her companion Ankush Pathak were traveling, dragged Nandini out, and fired five shots from a pistol, hitting her four times. Following the shooting, Arvind broadcast a Facebook Live stream holding the gun beside her body, accusing her of infidelity and extortion. Police subdued Arvind with tear gas and arrested him. Background investigations revealed both partners had complex pasts: Arvind had a hidden prior marriage with three children and an ongoing affair with Pooja Parihar, while Nandini had served over four years in prison for her role in the murder of a former boyfriend. Both had filed criminal charges against each other prior to the homicide.
Country: India
State/Province: Madhya Pradesh, India
City/Region: Gwalior
Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide
Relationship Status: Separated
Relationship Duration: Approximately 2 years
Incident Date: Sept. 12, 2025
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Approximately 2 years
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2025-09-12
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Crime Tak - India · Original language: Hindi
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Jealousy
The relationship was built on mutual concealment of prior marriages and severe interpersonal conflicts, which rapidly dissolved into mutual hostility and legal warfare. Arvind concealed his existing family, while Nandini withheld aspects of her past criminal conviction. When suspicion of extramarital affairs escalated on both sides, Arvind engaged in public defamation, digital harassment, vehicular assault attempts, and ultimately public lethal firearm violence outside a sports stadium.
Arvind Parihar was apprehended at the scene outside Roop Singh Stadium after police used tear gas to disarm him. A pistol was recovered. Inquiries are underway regarding weapon licensing and potential illicit arms syndicates in Gwalior. Prior filings include complaints under Section 204/blackmailing by Nandini, as well as Arvind's prior incarceration following Nandini's harassment/assault allegations.
Initial public accounts relied heavily on Arvind's Facebook Live stream claiming he was an aggrieved victim of his wife's serial infidelity and extortion. Investigation into both parties' records revealed mutual extramarital affairs, hidden prior marriages, and previous legal disputes, complicating simple victim-offender narratives.
Nandini and her companions were returning from the Cyber Crime / SP Office after filing a complaint against Arvind for abusive social media posts. Arvind spotted their auto-rickshaw, pursued them in another auto, forced them to stop near Roop Singh Stadium, pulled Nandini out, and fired five rounds. He then stayed at the scene broadcasting live on social media until police forcibly subdued him.
High risk was evidenced by prior vehicular assault attempts, escalating death threats, weapon procurement, public character assassination via social media, and ongoing police complaints that failed to deter physical violence.
Interpersonal violence combined with cyber-harassment (AI deepfakes, defamatory posts) and unaddressed prior physical assault attempts creates an explosive risk profile that requires immediate law enforcement intervention and weapon risk assessment.
Repeated physical vehicle assault attempts, social media defamation, AI-generated image harassment, and mutual legal filings signaled severe lethal escalation potential.
Social media birthday videos, audio recordings confirming secret cohabitation with Pooja Parihar, and prior police reports at Sirol police station.
Recovered pistol, 5 fired cartridge casings, Facebook Live broadcast recorded by suspect at scene, audio recordings of suspect's threats, and eyewitnes statements from Ankush Pathak.
Ankush Pathak stated that Arvind pursued their auto-rickshaw, intercepted them near Roop Singh Stadium, pulled Nandini out by her hand, and fired five to six rounds in broad daylight while others fled in panic.
Initial reports portrayed a simple jealousy-driven spousal murder, but follow-up inquiries revealed complex prior criminal histories, hidden first marriages, mutual affairs, and systematic digital harassment.
The origin and license status of the firearm used by Arvind remain under active police investigation.